Instructor's Center

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Imi Lichtenfeld

Imi Lichtenfeld Founder of Krav Maga

The founder of Krav Maga is Imrich Sde-or (Imi Lichtenfeld). Imi was born in Budapest in 1910. Imi`s father Samuel was early a circus...
Rick Moneymaker

Rick Moneymaker Torite Jutsu

Rick Moneymaker is a pioneer researcher and instructor in the area of Traditional Chinese Medicine as applied to the martial arts with 25 years of martial...
Cliff "Magic" Thomas

Cliff “Magic” Thomas

Cliff "Magic" Thomas started karate training in 1972 at the age of 14 under Robert Nava in El Paso, Texas. He earned his Black...
Eddie Edmunds

Eddie Edmunds

At age 7 Eddie Edmunds took his first Karate class. He wanted to take Karate because he watched his best friend Roy practice Karate in...
Martial Arts WORKOUTS | with Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong on April 7, 1954 to Charles and Lee-lee Chan who named him Kong-san Chan which means "born...
Lisa King Black Widow of Muay Thai

Lisa King the Black Widow of Muay Thai

Lisa King, the Black Widow of Muay Thai, was born on January 14th the youngest child and youngest grandchild – into a family of...
Jack Hoban

Jack Hoban Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu

Jack Hoban is a former active duty US Marine Corps Captain and long time practitioner of martial arts. He is Shidoshi Senior Instructor in...
The Recalcitrant Student

Developing Humility and Self-Control through Martial Arts

As I began preparing my thoughts for this article I struggled with the best way to title it. The word recalcitrant can describe a...

Mackensi Emory

At 10 months old Mackensi Emory began her passion for flipping and tumbling around in her first ”mommy and me” gymnastics classes. In addition...
Alain Burrese Why Hapkido

Alain Burrese: Hapkido, Safety and Active Shooter Response

Alain Burrese is an author, speaker, personal security expert, safety and self-defense instructor. He has combined his years of martial art and self-defense training,...

Steve Spry: American Kenpo

The American Kenpo of Grandmaster Steve Spry is a combination of several Hawaiian and Polynesian martial arts that he studied and learned from their...

Terry L Wilson

Terry L Wilson is a 8th degree black belt in Shintoyoshin-Ryu Jujitsu and a 5th degree black belt in Shorin-Ryu karate. He is also a...

Ken MacKenzie: Sin-Moo Hapkido

When Hapkido Founder DoJuNim Ji, Han Jae moved to the U.S. in the mid 1980’s, Grand Master Ken MacKenzie, already an accomplished black belt...
Jimmy Pedro

Jimmy Pedro Judo

World Champion Jimmy Pedro is one of the most decorated judo players in American history. Jimmy is world renowned for his judo expertise, coaching...
Rick Alemany

Rick Alemany Kenpo Karate

Grand Master Rick Alemany has been actively teaching for over 40 years and has directly instructed 8 students to the rank of Professor (7th...
Joe Hyams

Joe Hyams Passed Away

Joe Hyams June 6, 1923 - November 8, 2008 Joe Hyams passed away of coronary artery disease in at a Denver hospital on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at the age of...